Show City Buys New Nw I Fire Equipment A new up-to-date up fire fre truck has been bought by the city and is row now ready for Instant use use se It Is callable capable capable call call- cap cap- able of handling all fire equipment In one load which will include buckets ladders ladder's fire extinguish extinguish- extinguishers ers hoes boes 50 gallon gaBon tank of vf f chemi- chemi c hals etc A According io to 1 the statement o of Iho the Ford rs the ManU Mantl ruck Is the most up-to-date up fire tire equipment In the c county It will be operated by members of or the American 1 Legion Legion Le Le- e- e gion who will wit hold bold drills regularly and see to it that the equipment Is always alays T- T ady ready for use The adding of chemicals to t tho the equipment appears to be a very wise thing Last winter during I Ithe the heavy frost homes were without without with with- I out water and in some Instances the nearest water was several I blocks away Should a fire lr occur I under such conditions chemical extinguishers extinguishers ex ex- would be most mORt useful In view of the fact that we ve no now have this thiB up-to-date up equipment it itI I would probably be a good thin thing to I pass a city ordinance regulating I vehicle traffic during a n fire When the fire truck Is moving mo toward a afire afire I fire vehicles are exP expected ted to drive I to the right and to a stop until lit It has passed b by for Cor a distance of at least 50 feet Cars ears should park parle parka a reasonable distance from a fire firo 80 Po there will be no Interference with the movement of the tIle fire tire truck Returning from a fire the I fire truck does docs not have haye the right of way war |